SLIDESHOW |a instagramed Moon Luna – two twelfths 2014

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When you look up at the moon appearing in either in either during the day, night time or in the mornings to greet you has you go to work or in welcoming you home after a hard days earned work….. But when look at the moon in through the telescope you may notice the features from a very nice smooth ball with various distinctive features..  Through the lens it’s something timeless, seeing only 1.26 seconds ago … in that you’ll see the Maria’s the seas or the flat matt grey oceans of the Luna surface.. also you’ll see more distinctive shadow depths of the various craters is when the moon is at either in first or second quarter.. What’s interesting is that when you look around the surfacing edge is the distinctive relative comparative heights of the Luna’s circumference…

So when you look at the moon “wink at the moon” Astronaut Neil Armstrong..

SLIDESHOW | February moon night sky -2014

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Given that you’re in the southern hemisphere, and in Auckland then this month you’ll get to see the mid summery night at eight in the evening, in which you’ll get to see the such constellations as Orion, Canis Major, Taurus, left west wise is the open cluster is the Pleiades, Planet Jupiter in pass the constellation of Gemini…as for the westerly south.. It’s three crosses, the false, diamond, and the very true Southern Cross in which will help you find your way…

As for the moon Luna however it’s been very full at the point of Chinese Luna New Year… which happens to be on for this year is on the very day of Valentine’s Day 14th February ….. At the moment even typing away on this keyboard.. It’s still very full… One thing though on a full moon or few days pass it, you’ll get to see most of the Luna surface, but not so much the depths of the Luna landscape thou..  But mostly you’ll get to see the Maria’s (seas) the larger dark patches of the moon…

When you see the moon wink at it either in night or day …. It’s a tribute the late Astronaut Neil Armstrong …

The Crescent Moon.

Have you ever wondered why there’s a crescent Moon. which on some nights it looks like the moon is blinking right back you like this 😉 !  while on some night it’s looks like a Pac Man chasing after a Planet naming Venus on some seasonal nights in the Southern Hemisphere, trying to out run some Ghosties!, or is it some big smile 🙂  that trying to cheer you up at night sideways.

You’ve been wondering how does Crescent, forms on the  Moon?  They’re  form when most of the Earth shadow overcast onwards to the most coverage surface area of the luna surface giving a sliver of light. This happens in different paths in conjuction with the Sun, Earth and the Moon. 

Best times to observations of cresecent are in the early and the later week quarters durations of the of the month, the times of  observing a smiling moon is after a New Moon, and slowly right after a full Moon.

So when you look up in the night sky at the moon, you could be mistaken that you’re in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland having  The Cheshire Cat leading you to the way of Mad hatters tea party, or look up knowing the moon is giving you a smile, cheering you up after a hard weeks work!

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Up close with Craters.

Have you ever wonder what the moon would look up a little closer.  Seeing all those marking dark and lighted, during the full Moon, and hopefully not expecting Lycians, werewolf or of course Team Jacob to appear.  Wether that the face of the moon that you’re looking at or making out looking to see if there’s an image of the Easter rabbit  giving away easter eggs.   The moon have been around (about 4.5 billion years ) with us for very long time since the creation of the second Earth that were living on after the collision off two major almost Earth size Planets one called Terra Firma (and the other which I couldn’t put a name on it), then later forming  Earth a much crack one,  aswell the formation of  moon too, but less cracked.

Earth is ever so explain of having earthquakes, silent temper volcanos,  which the collision many so Billion years ago it’s left it quite  pathological plate tectonic crack.  Unlike its warring Brother Mars, is ever constantly building up Volcanos  mountains, like  mounting more armies mount Everest High than it’s Sister Earth having been so left pathological it creates beautifully green,  life for the family could see.

When we think of craters we think of the Moon, which is littered with thousands of them. Craters are dominant impact depression ( natured, man-made ) they come in all sort of sizes. They are made due to the impacts of asteroids or comets that come in the direct path of the Moon.  Once they impacted it forms a crater, a depression, then follow by the remnants of the impacts have impacted slowly again due to the moon’s gravity, much to the same case as  making smaller ones in the process.

One natural defense that Earth can avoid or try to avoid of being struck by an asteroids or comets is the outer gaseous planets in the Sol system. Jupiter, Saturn provide the best cover protection  for this planet. Given to that the two largest ones, Jupiter, Saturn  gravity  them into the  path of  the massive planets, due to the nature of the large gravity excursion of the two it performs.

On Earth we also are littered with them, they range in different sizes, and variants of them.  Many of the variants ranges from Volcanos, to ancient doomsday craters. The ones on Earth are well more hidden due to the  natural elemental erosion of by wind, weathering through time.  Some are hidden cratered on the ocean floors, and some are exposed in the barren field like the ones on Earth. On Earth they are discovered using various means by surveying equipment from  satellites, to taking soil samples which determine its scienitific orgins.

So the next time you decide to trek around Earth you might be in surprise when you see a large depression in the ground……….